Jennifer Lopez says it was ‘the worst idea in the world’ to share a show with Shakira at the Super Bowl

Despite making stories like Latin singers performing in super bowl2020, Jennifer Lopez didn’t really like the idea of ​​sharing the halftime show with Shakira. In an excerpt from the singer’s documentary for Netflix, halftime (2022), Lopez revealed that he initially disagreed with the National Football League idea of ​​two female singers on the same stage.

Second Entertainment Weeklyon the scene Lopez appears talking to music director Kim Burse about the time of the presentation. “We’ve got about six minutes. We have 30 seconds of a song and if we stop for a minute we only have five left,” he said.

“But, there have to be certain songs that we sing. We have to have our moments to sing. It won’t be a f**king dance. We have to sing our message,” she explains. “It is the worst idea in the world to have two people in super bowl. It was the worst idea in the world.”

In another scene, Shakira says, “I know the super bowl wants us to be together during the show. I have not had confirmation of how many minutes I will have.” Lopez then responds, “Let me get into this real quick. They spoke 12 minutes. I’ve had, like, confirmation that we can have an extra minute or two, so we’ll have like 13 or 14 minutes. I think, Shakira, that you should do half and I should do the other half.”

Lopez He added: “If there were two headliners they should have given us 20 minutes. That’s what they should have done.” artists like Lady Gaga and Madonnawho also performed at the halftime show, had 14 and 15 minutes for individual shows.

In a separate interview for the documentary, the Lopez, Benny Medinaalso disagrees with the NFL’s decision: “Usually you have a headliner in a Super Bowl. That headliner builds a show, and if they choose to have other guests, that’s their choice. It was an insult to say I needed two Latinas to do the work that an artist has historically done.”